Oliver Lee Jackson

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Oliver Lee Jackson
Born1935 (age 86–87)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
Other namesOliver Jackson
EducationIllinois Wesleyan University,
University of Iowa
Websitewww.oliverleejackson.com

Oliver Lee Jackson (born 1935)[1] is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator. He was a professor at the California State University, Sacramento from 1971 until 2002 and was one of the founders of the Pan African Studies program at the school.[2] He is based in Oakland, California.[3]

Early life and education[]

He was born in 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri, into an African American family.[4] After graduating from Vashon High School, Jackson attended Illinois Wesleyan University (B.F.A. 1958).[4][5] He served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1961.[5][2] After which he attended the University of Iowa (M.F.A. 1963).[4][5]

Teaching[]

In the mid-1960s to late-1970s, he taught art classes at St. Louis local universities and colleges and remained active in this local community.[6]

He taught at St. Louis Community College (1964 to 1967); Southern Illinois University (1967 to 1969); Washington University, St. Louis (1967 to 1969); and Oberlin College (1969 to 1970).[2] In 1971, he moved to California and joined the faculty at California State University, Sacramento, where he remained until 2002.[2]

Art career[]

He was an affiliate member of the multidisciplinary arts collective Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis.[5] BAG was founded by musicians, theater artists, dancers and visual artists as a support structure for creative expression among African American artists, and in order to have a greater place in the cultural landscape.[6]

Jackson's paintings are gestural and expressionist in their nature, attempting to capture the mental state.[7][8] There are a mixture of cultural references and iconography in his paintings including aspects of the African American experience, surrealism, cave paintings, and references to historical African and Oceanian art.[9] The Sharpeville massacre in the 1960s in South Africa was an inspiration for Jackson in his Sharpeville Series (1968–1977).[10][8]

Jackson’s works are in the museum collections of the Museum of Modern Art;[11] the Metropolitan Museum of Art;[12] the Studio Museum in Harlem;[13] the National Gallery of Art;[14] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;[15] San Jose Museum of Art;[16] and the Seattle Art Museum.[2]

Exhibitions[]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Haddad, Natalie (2022-02-17). "The Figural Ghosts of Oliver Lee Jackson's Expressive Abstraction". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Oliver Lee Jackson". Seattle Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. ^ a b Bravo, Tony (November 19, 2021). "Oliver Lee Jackson: 'Any Eyes'". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. ^ a b c Stella, Lizabel. "Conserving Oliver Lee Jackson's "Untitled (Sharpeville Series)"". Blanton Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Vaughn, Kenya (July 16, 2021). "'It's Meant to Move You'". St. Louis American. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  6. ^ a b Looker, Benjamin (2004). BAG: "Point from Which Creation Begins": The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis. Missouri History Museum. pp. 120–122. ISBN 978-1-883982-51-5.
  7. ^ Matrix Berkeley, 1978-1998. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. 1998. p. 66.
  8. ^ a b Salzman, Jack; Smith, David L.; West, Cornel (1996). Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Macmillan Library Reference. p. 1417. ISBN 978-0-02-897345-6.
  9. ^ a b King, Mary (8 April 1979). "Oliver Jackson at Bixby". Newspapers.com. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 81. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  10. ^ Vaughn, Kenya (December 13, 2021). "Inspired by Africa". St. Louis American. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  11. ^ "Oliver Jackson". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  12. ^ "Untitled No. 8, 1985". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  13. ^ "Collection". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  14. ^ "Oliver Lee Jackson". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  15. ^ "Jackson, Oliver Lee". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  16. ^ "Oliver Jackson". San José Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  17. ^ Dalkey, Victoria (10 October 1993). "Oliver Jackson Relies on Drawings to Clarify His Vision". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. p. 177. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  18. ^ Wickouski, Sheila (May 22, 2019). "Feel the energy of Oliver Lee Jackson's 'Recent Paintings' at National Gallery of Art". Fredericksburg.com. The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  19. ^ "Mills College Art Museum". 7x7 Bay Area. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  20. ^ Johnson, Mark (September 11, 2013). "1976 and Its Legacy: Other Sources: An American Essay at San Francisco Art Institute". Art Practical.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "'About Faces' Celebrates Portraiture, Preserve Interest in Ourselves". Newspapers.com. Oakland Tribune. 22 September 1987. p. 32 (C-3). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  22. ^ "Weekend Museums". Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. 5 August 1994. p. 63. Retrieved 2022-02-05.

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